Fuller Rose Weevil
Naupactus cervinus
16.713, -92.6123
Field Notes
Description:
Small broad-nosed weevil, all brown with brown scales and some white spots: one in particular occurs laterally, contiguous between the thorax and elytra. About 7 mm long. Pictures 5 and 6 were taken on 28Jun18 in the same place. This weevil has parthenogenic reproduction. Family Curculionidae.
https://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/304690-Naupactus-cervinus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naupactus_cervinus
Habitat:
Garden lights, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico 2,200 meters.
Notes:
This year in particular, I have seen a great many of these weevils. This is also a pest in Citrus Orchards:
http://www.inia.cl/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Ficha-7-Reconocimiento-mo…
http://www.inia.cl/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Ficha-9-Manejo-de-Naupact…
http://www.redalyc.org/html/2091/209131412008/index.html
http://www.cofupro.org.mx/cofupro/cofupro_web.php?idseccion=1112
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